Nikita Vasilyevich Petrov is a Russian historian. He works at Memorial, a Russian organization dedicated to studying Soviet political repression. Petrov specializes in Soviet security services. Wikipedia
Born: 1957 (age 67 years), Kyiv, Ukraine
Education: University of Amsterdam (2008), РХТУ им. Д.И. Менделеева (1974–1980), and Kurchatov Institute